Black and white photograph from souvenir folder of Big Rapids, published in approximately 1907, depicting the Phelps Free Public Library, on the corner of Elm and Stewart Avenues in Big Rapids, Michigan. The library (including grounds, building and books) was bequeathed by Harriet C. Phelps in the late 1890s. The building, built in 1885, would later be used as the City Library, and then the Mecosta County Historical Museum.